The impulse to be helpful when someone is facing or experiencing homelessness is strong in many of us.  Nine year old Hewie, who inspired this sermon, talks about a “deep feeling in his gut” that makes him want to be useful when he passes a person on the street asking for support.  How do we respond – personally and as a community – with our time and resources?  Where and why do we draw a line?  How do we open our hearts to stories we can’t easily verify and sometimes change with time?  We want to feel useful, not used.  Michael will tell a personal story of befriending Curtis and William in Chicago, spanning four years of “answering the door” to a range of powerful experiences and shifting emotions.  After the service, learn about kids & families experiencing homelessness in the Concord area during a training with Family Promise Director Steve Croke.